Hi Chop,Excellent, sensible post, thank you
As promised, coming over to here to ask you some questions about your Trio setup...on the bass side. You have a truly amazing set up and was intrigued to ask more to help inform our own thinking about our set up.
On our Subwoofer setup...I have been mulling over the 'final piece' of our own system. (I call each system 'fully evolved' when the final piece goes in. And over the last 30+ years, there have been 4 other systems that got to 'fully evolved' for what they were.) The debate on how to achieve 'final subwoofer setup' right now includes:
- REL dual stack (6-pack)...they are just so large in terms of floor area right by the speakers (vs elsewhere in the room)
- Funk Audio custom dual-opposed behemoth...1 in the corner (yes, not ideal for optimal but some practicalities need to be involved here)
- Pure Lo panels dual (between front wall and back of XLF)
The goal (I think) is to achieve that remarkable sense of spaciousness, venue and surround that comes from great subterranean bass...we have that now, but believe a lot more is possible with the right level of air displacement (even at low levels given our experience to date). The question is whether that air displacement is ENTIRELY below 32hz or whether (as per REL 6-pack/stacked), it also should rise to 42hz+/- in the middle of the stack and ultimately to 52hz+/- at the top of the 3-sub stack.
So I was intrigued to hear about your experience with REL.
1. Did you consider a 6-pack and do you like the design concept of it or do you think it does not achieve the goals you were looking for?
2. Did you listen to different RELs before making your choice?